Deputy Chief Minister of Tripura Jishnu Dev Varma termed the Banks as a nodal agency of development and growth. He stressed the need to harness coordination and co-operation with the banks to expedite the development initiatives.

 

Dev Varma was speaking at a programme at Rabindra Satabarshiki Hall in Agartala on Tuesday. The programme was organized to observe the 46th Foundation Day of Tripura Grameen Bank (TGB). As part of the Foundation Day observance, a mega loan distribution camp was also held today.   

 

According to the TGB sources, 1889 loanees received a total of Rs 6 crore 34 lakh today. Overall, a total of Rs 153 crore loans were distributed among the total 6286 beneficiaries of the 8 districts of the State to mark the 46th Foundation of the Bank.

 

Among others, general manager of NABARD, Tripura Region – MR Gopal, Board of Director of TGB cum AGM of Reserve Bank Sandipan Chatterjee, Chief Manager of PNB Saptak Ghosal, chairman of TGB Mahendra Mohan Goswami, general manager of the bank Sisir Kumar Rohatgi were present in the programme.   

 

Speaking on the occasion, Jishnu Dev Varma highlighted the roles of the banks in the development of the State as well as the country. He said, Prime Minister Narendra Modi introduced the ‘Zero Balance’ facility so that people of all sections of the society can open accounts in the banks and avail the benefits of banking services.

 

Taking a dig at the previous LF Government, Dev Varma said, the incumbent government is showing respect to the potentiality of the people of the State whereas earlier, the potentiality was overlooked. He continued and said, with the initiatives of the Government, people are coming forward to become self-reliant. The slogan of Central deprivation has been replaced with the Sab ka Sath Sab Ka Vikas mantra, he said.

 

In this connection, the Deputy Chief Minister said there were only 4000 SHGs in 18 blocks – now there are around 31000 SHGs covering all the 58 blocks of the State. 

 

This clearly indicates that our womenfolk are working for attaining self-reliance – and the Banks will have become the engine of growth by providing loans to entrepreneurial ventures, he asserted.